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Hydrogen-bonded perylene bisimide J-aggregate aqua material

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  • A new twelvefold methoxy-triethyleneglycol-jacketed tetraphenoxy-perylene bisimide (MEG-PBI) amphiphile was synthesized that self-assembles into two types of supramolecular aggregates in water: red-coloured aggregates of low order and with weak exciton coupling among the PBIs and blue-coloured strongly coupled J-aggregates consisting of a highly ordered hydrogen-bonded triple helix of PBIs. At room temperature this PBI is miscible with water at any proportions which enables the development of robust dye aggregates in solution, in hydrogelA new twelvefold methoxy-triethyleneglycol-jacketed tetraphenoxy-perylene bisimide (MEG-PBI) amphiphile was synthesized that self-assembles into two types of supramolecular aggregates in water: red-coloured aggregates of low order and with weak exciton coupling among the PBIs and blue-coloured strongly coupled J-aggregates consisting of a highly ordered hydrogen-bonded triple helix of PBIs. At room temperature this PBI is miscible with water at any proportions which enables the development of robust dye aggregates in solution, in hydrogel states and in lyotropic liquid crystalline states. In the presence of 60–95 wt% water, self-standing coloured hydrogels exhibit colour changes from red to blue accompanied by a fluorescence light-up in the far-red region upon heating in the range of 30–50 °C. This phenomenon is triggered by an entropically driven temperature-induced hydrogen-bond-directed slipped stacking arrangement of the MEG-PBI chromophores within structurally well-defined J-aggregates. This versatile aqua material is the first example of a stable PBI J-aggregate in water. We anticipate that this study will open a new avenue for the development of biocompatible functional materials based on self-assembled dyes and inspire the construction of other hydrogen-bonded supramolecular materials in the highly competitive solvent water.show moreshow less

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Author: Vincenzo Grande, Bartolome SoberatsORCiD, Stefanie Herbst, Vladimir Stepanenko, Frank WürthnerORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-204715
Document Type:Journal article
Faculties:Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie / Institut für Organische Chemie
Language:English
ISSN:2041-6539
Year of Completion:2018
Volume:9
Pagenumber:6904-6911
Source:Chemical Science, 2018, 9, 6904–6911. DOI: 10.1039/c8sc02409j
URL:https://doi.org/10.1039/C8SC02409J
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/C8SC02409J
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 54 Chemie / 547 Organische Chemie
Tag:aqua material; dyes; self-assembly
Release Date:2020/05/27
EU-Project number / Contract (GA) number:643238
OpenAIRE:OpenAIRE
Licence (German):License LogoCC BY: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung